Defence contract boost for factory
AN engineering company has won a deal to help create vehicles for frontline efforts in Afghanistan.
Sweet taste of success for former steelworker
A MAN made redundant through the mothballing of the Corus Teesside Cast Products (TCP) plant has opted for a complete career change by setting up a fudge-making company.
Firm launches online employment law service
A NORTH-EAST law firm has launched an employment law service to enable businesses to carry out vital aspects of their HR legal work online.
Transport firm says banks ‘just shut up shop’
A TRANSPORT firm which has defied the recession by emerging as a stronger business has hit out at banks for their lack of support during the financial crisis, forcing the company to sell assets to bankroll its survival and growth.
Shipping programme may be adapted to windpower
A COMPUTERISED warning system designed for ships by North-East researchers is set to revolutionise the global maritime industry and save it millions of pounds over the coming years.
Funkywood looks at national expansion
A HUSBAND-AND-WIFE business that creates innovative commercial and domestic woodwork has revealed plans for national expansion less than a year after being established.
Web design firm benefits from meeting the buyers
A WEB design company has won one major contract and is tendering for five more after changing its strategy to target large-scale projects.
It’s British Air-wheys
A RECENTLY-LAUNCHED cheese from a North Yorkshire creamery has won its second major deal in only a few weeks.
Builders’ merchant beats sector’s downward trend
A FAMILY-OWNED builders’ merchant is planning an expansion push across the region as it continues to grow, in spite of the downturn in the sector.
On Cloud 9 over ‘top secret’ project
A NORTH-EAST entrepreneur is behind the development of the latest “must-have” hair styling product, which is predicted to take the international beauty world by storm.
